CVE-2023-25148

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A security agent link following vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One could allow a local attacker to exploit the vulnerability by changing a specific file into a pseudo-symlink, allowing privilege escalation on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Trend Micro Apex One 2019 < SP1 b11564all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:trendmicro:apex_one:2019__sp1_b11564
Trend Micro Apex One saas < Build 202301all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:trendmicro:apex_one:saas__build_202301
Trend Micro Apex One saas < January 2023 Maintenanceall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:trendmicro:apex_one:saas__january_2023_maintenance
Trend Micro Apex One saas < Security Agent 14.0.11960all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:trendmicro:apex_one:saas__security_agent_14.0.11960
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex One2019 (14.0) → 14.0.0.11564enisa_euvdEU
Trend Micro Apex One≤ On Premise (2019)fstec_bduRU
Trend Micro Apex One as a Service≤ Hotfix - Build 202301fstec_bduRU
trendmicro apex one< 14.0.11960nvdUScpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trendmicro apex one= 2019nvdUScpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_one:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0330Trend Micro Apex One: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-02-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Trend Micro Apex One ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, seine Rechte zu erweitern oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-03-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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